The burqua is "just fashion"? Vous rigoler! Yeah, and Jim Brown was "just a running back" and Britney Spears is "just a bimbo". There are degrees and nuances to everything, try to be less simple-minded about this issue. The French really do believe in the concept of seperation of church and state and human rights, therefore the burqua, which infringes on both, has to go. fin d'histoire.

Absurd. Muslims can practice male genital mutilation (circumcision) in France, but they can't wear the burqa! It's a double slight toward Muslims! Even if you think circumcision is kosher, the French don't. See it through their eyes. A double slight!

We've all seen on the news how radical islamists can be set off to protest and go on a murdering rampage at the slightest provocation.

The burqua makes it easier to conceal weapons and bombs.

Of course bad imams are going to encourage Muslims to protest the ban of burquas - not just in France, but everywhere in the world.

What better way for the bad imams to control the poor and uneducated Muslims to do their dirty deeds. Remove the burquas, and the bad imams have lost a major tool to gain easy access to crititcal locations where they can cause the most damage for their "cause."

The burqua has no ties to Islam; therefore, banning the burqua has nothing to do with intolerance.